Crystal and Emily discuss recent releases of books, shows, and podcasts.
May 11, 2023
52 min
Crystal and Emily discuss books by Oliver Sacks, Margaret Atwood, Ursula K. Leguin, Jeanette Winterson, Jill Soloway, Paul Auster, the Dalai Lama, Solzhenitsyn, and The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries by Jillian Scudder. Also, recent movies and streaming series.
Apr 14, 2023
53 min
Crystal and Emily discuss The Wilder Women and Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang, The Wilder Girls and Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power, A Message From Ukraine, Number One is Walking: My Life in Movies and Other Diversions by Steve Martin, Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice by Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow, and Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte. Plus new watch recs!
Apr 5, 2023
54 min
Crystal and Emily discuss books (Once There Were Wolves, Bridge, The Twilight World, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness, All Good People Here, The House Across the Lake, and The Eyes and the Impossible), as well as new tv series and movies.
Mar 22, 2023
44 min
Crystal and Emily discuss books, movies, and shows, including: Demon Copperhead, Dickens & Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius, Night Terrors: Troubled Sleep and the Stories We Tell About It, Sentimental Economy, None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive, the Monk and Robot series, A Heart That Works, Catherine Called Birdy, Women Talking, and the oeuvre of Pedro Pascal.
Mar 10, 2023
49 min
Crystal and Emily recap the year’s best fiction, nonfiction, movies, and series. The good, the bad, and the ugly of 2022.
Dec 21, 2022
48 min
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson is the NEA Big Read book selection of the year for Nacogdoches, and Crystal and Emily talk about the book, along with all of the events that will take place to celebrate the community-wide reading program.
Sep 29, 2022
37 min
Crystal and Emily of the Nacogdoches Public Library talk new fiction and nonfiction, including Tracy Flick Can’t Win, Bewilderment, The Last White Man, and Gory Details. Plus, reviews of streaming shows and movies.
Sep 16, 2022
45 min
Crystal and Emily of the Nacogdoches Public Library are back with a new season with plenty of recommendations to stack your shelves (and your streaming queue). Plus, the NEA Big Read is coming soon to Nacogdoches, and they’ll tell you how to get involved.
Sep 9, 2022
56 min
Crystal and Emily discuss the best nonfiction and fiction books about libraries, along with reviews of Book of Night by Holly Black and The Bookwoman’s Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson. Also discussed are the following shows: Outer Range, Made for Love, Russian Doll, The Wilds, and Abbott Elementary and the Radio Rental podcast.
May 6, 2022
36 min
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